interspecific competition

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competition
noun
uk
/ˌkɒm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌkɑːm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/
a situation in which someone is trying to win something or be more successful than ...
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(Definition ofcompetitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinterspecific competition

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Thereby this reducesinterspecificcompetitionfor resources, including mates, in the case of members of the same species.
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We consider a competition-diffusion system and study its singular limit as theinterspecificcompetitionrate tend to infinity.
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Special emphasis is placed on potential non-target effects of the two species and the likelihood ofinterspecificcompetitionis discussed.
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Feeding, social behaviour andinterspecificcompetitionin wild rats.
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This behaviour is believed to enable it to escape the intenseinterspecificcompetitionwhich can occur between dipterous larvae within carrion.
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Besides,interspecificcompetitionfor seed food is also governed by mechanical constraints imposed by seed morphology and the chemical composition of real seeds.
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However, this does not suggest that interspecific aggregation is a response tointerspecificcompetition, for which there is no evidence.
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To evaluateinterspecificcompetition, progeny size was regressed on female density and lines from each biotype in single and mixed cultures were compared.
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If stronginterspecificcompetitionexists, it seems unlikely that all species would respond similarly to differences in host body size; rather, density compensation is expected.
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The performance and traits of these species should reflectinterspecificcompetition.
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For these ants, nesting space is an essential resource that must be shared among them, therefore opening the possibility for strong intraspecific andinterspecificcompetition.
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As predicted, two main mechanisms seem to be important in generating such a pattern: nesting site availability andinterspecificcompetitionfor nesting site.
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They suggested that both intra- andinterspecificcompetitionmay occur among gill parasites.
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Moreover, a positive relation between intensity of infection and niche size is expected to limitinterspecificcompetition.
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It is also difficult to conclude that it was the result ofinterspecificcompetitionbecause of low abundances.
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By using multivariate methods to exclude the influences of other variables, we show evidence of both intra- andinterspecificcompetitionamong these helminth species.
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We conclude that patterns are the result of characteristics of the parasite species themselves and thatinterspecificcompetitionis not necessary to explain them.
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This pattern may reflect enhancedinterspecificcompetitionamong parasites in these areas.
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Our results indicated few cases whereinterspecificcompetitionmay have led to spatial exclusion along the gradient or to significantly small range overlaps.
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